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Manolo says, ayyyy! Monstrous Flower goes on Sex in the City Rampage!
Manolo says, yes, it is Monday and you are back in the office, once again being oppressed by The Man and his minions, the dictatorial junta of supervisors and their toadies. How you long to break free of this injustice, to rise up and throw off the shackles which bind you! And so you begin to plan the popular uprising of cubicle-dwellers. Soon, you and your small band of revolutionaries will take to the hidden storage rooms and service corridors of the building. Moving at night and during the lunch breaks, you will strike where the regime least suspects it,…
Manolo says, here is the best of the week from the Manolosphere. Mr. Henry… Mr. Henry, in fact, spends a good part of each episode examining Padma’s hypnotic physique and the clothing with which she drapes it. How can she be so thin and still have curves? Has she been surgically redesigned into a foodie fem-bot? Glinda… Yes, yes, I know his jacket looks a bit like the Members Only one that my grandfather still wears. But, no hatin’ on my boy Ernie! Spirit Fingers… Her paternally-lauded double Ds may have also suffered losses but there will inevitably be incidental…
Manolo says, the Manolo’s friend Linda Grant illustrated her recent comments on the matter of appropriate clothing with the photo of the director Quentin Tarantino attending the London Fashion Week event. Here above is the photo of Quentin Tarentino at the MOBO awards in London, the few days later. You will notice that he has at least changed his shirt, although unfortunately, to one that appears to have the stain on it. As for poor Amy Winehouse, to say that this is the bottom of the barrel, is to suggest that this barrel has the bottom.
Manolo says, here are the few links which may perhaps amuse… Please, please tell me that no one buys these things. Because I’m going to stick my fingers in my ears and very loudly sing, “La la la la la†and hope that this company will soon go out of business. New York Fashion Week: ah no, not the toe claw! Perhaps not the bag to take to the synagogue for the Day of Atonement.
Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post. Dear Manolo, I recently totaled my car (not my fault, I swear) and because I can’t get a new one for some time, I must now walk 20 blocks to and from the bus stop to get to my office. I can’t abide flip-flops and I think sneakers look silly with business attire. What do you suggest? Alexis Manolo says, the Manolo’s friend is so lucky. Many people pay hundreds of dollars each month to sign up at the health club so they can walk…
Manolo shouts, Anna has new shoes! Previoiusly..The Anna Wintour Shoe Watch & Anna Wintour’s Little Toe.
Manolo says, the Manolo’s internet friend Joan has alerted the Manolo to something very amusing. Dear Manolo, This evening, while reading James Lileks’ delightful ramblings on The Bleat, I was charmed to see that he had included a photo of the cover of the January 1955 issue of the pulpy magazine Galaxy Science Fiction. At first glance I took it to be nothing more than a typical almost-racy illustration of way-out stylings, but then the shoes caught my eye: Mr. Jacobs’ Backward Heel. Oh, yes, the left shoe looks a little odd, but I believe that’s because it’s being polished…
Manolo says, Manolo’s very good friend Linda Grant, author of the wonderful piece in the Guardian about the declining standards of dress and comportment, has returned to add more to our very vibrant discussion of this important topic. I would like to thank those of you who responded so positively to my Guardian piece about declining standards of dress. I believe that dressing appropriately for the occasion is simply a question of good manners, as well as to give ourselves the pleasure of wearing whatever in our wardrobes is best, just as we vary our diet, adorn our homes with…
Manolo asked, whose shoes? Manolo answers, the Dame Helen Mirren! Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Emo, who knew the answer practically before the Manolo had posted the pictures!